It's Been A While...

I thought a Staind reference in my title would be good enough to summarize the first section of this here blog post. Wow. 10 days since I last posted? First of all, it feels like a million years since I last posted. And I cannot believe that it has only been 10. My days have been so action packed, it is unreal.

And by action packed, I mean used to the fullest. I have been spending more time having fun and visitng with people than I have in the past. I have also been writing a lot more. I write for Drury's newspaper, The Mirror. It has been a great experience, but it does take up a good chunk of time.

Fantasy sports have also consumed my brain. I am currently in the playoffs in my Fantasy Baseball league, which is awesome (the best I have done since I started in roughly 2005). I recently started a Fantasy Hockey team, and I'm getting all pumped for that (Go Blues!!), and I am getting into futbol a lot now... so naturally I joined a Fantasy Premier League. In addition to this Fantasy sports bonanza, I started a Dynasty on NHL '06 which apparently is the best game ever invented ever. The 2006 Blues never looked so good on ice...

Anyway, I am also in the market for buying a soccer jersey, or as they say a "kit". We have been watching the USA inch closer and closer to the World Cup, so I am fairly inspired to get a US National Jersey, but I have also taken Arsenal under my wing as my favorite team in the Premier League... so I may want one of their jerseys...

But the point is that I am really having time to enjoy all the finer things in life (read sports), and still get all of my work done in style.

Being a senior is wonderful. Anyway, I want to start doing some news reviews... so I think I will start tomorrow. Gotta pick of the NYT and see what it has to say. OK, goodnight!

The Weekend is About to Begin...

Hello and welcome to the first weekend in September!

Wow, it's good to be at the weekend. Yes, my life is somewhat stressful despite the obscene wake-up time of 10:30 on nearly every day of the week. I'm looking forward to just kicking back, reading, and enjoying my time. I really only have one class that requires intense reading; my other classes will have work occasionally, but nothing that will blow me away. I might for a chance to get READ everything, and not just skim or rush through it all. That would be lovely!

So I'm kind of excited about this: I'm in Model UN this year, presenting Drury as either Costa Rica or Haiti. I think this is going to be really sweet. In high school, I did something like this except it as a representative in state government. This is a whole new animal. But I'm only a little intimidated. Mostly excited. So I may get to prep for that this weekend.

Also, I finally settled on a topic for my history paper. I think I'm going to pursue Frederick Douglass and analyze his writings through a feminist lens, essentially. Douglass wrote a lot about Women's Suffrage. So I will see what he had to say about that, and what he says about modern rights advocates or something else that is cool. I really wanted to write about the formation of my church, but I'm just not sure how I would go about finding the sources. The UCC is so new, there's not a lot of research that has been done. Maybe it will be something good to pursue later!

Speaking of church, I recently went to a vigil for health care, hosted by everyone's favorite partisan organization, MoveOn.org. It was nice to see lots of people genuinely concerned about the welfare of others and their health in Springfield. There were some people who liked to hear themselves talk, there were some people who were not very well-informed, and there were some people who were quite excellent. It was a fun evening, and it was sponsored by the Community Christ Church or something to that effect. I think it was a DOC church, very small, very progressive/social-justice oriented. So I think I may try out their church this weekend. Who knows!?!?

Well tonight will be mad. Lots of things going on, and there's only so much time!!! OK. Well, again, welcome to September, hope you enjoy your stay... and yes Billie Joe Armstrong, I'll wake you up when it's all over... HA!